Comment by paulcole
3 years ago
People try to avoid dying every day.
They put on their seatbelts, make sure their food isn’t covered in poop, check their boots for scorpions, take their insulin, etc.
They can’t avoid death. Nobody in the history of humanity has successfully avoided death.
But once death happens nothing matters to them any more. They literally no longer care about the life they’re not going on living.
Dying might be scary or painful but death isn’t.
Technically untrue, approximately 7.31 percent of all humans who have ever lived are currently alive (i.e. have avoided death (so far)).
Also your argument is just disingenuous. Nonexistence may not be painful, but the concept of nonexistence can be quite disturbing for the currently existing (even apart from the experience of dying.)
Do you think any of those 7.31 percent of all humans will avoid death?
And no, it’s not disingenuous. If someone offered you the choice of immortality (never ever dying under any circumstances) or continuing with natural human existence (being guaranteed to die at some point), which would you take?
I think kids born recently have higher chance to avoid death - in next 70 years a lot of can change. And even if in that time frame we won't be able to make people immortal maybe we can extend lifespan to 150 years with still healthy body? Then they would buy themself extra 80 years for another health innovations in race to immortality.
And immortality is not like you cannot die - it's just you wouldnt die becasue od aging. You could also kill yourself if you get bored after living 200 years. Today most people don't commit suicide because they got bored. Most people don't give up after having cancer. Average lifespan is 80 years and people know it and kind of accept it but would you be happy to have lifespan as dog or cat less than 20 years?
I think many people would want to have a choice to live 200+ years and in good health.
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